Bottle-opening device



March 18, 1930.

c. E. KENNEDY ET AL BOTTLE OPENING DEVICE Filed June 4, 1926 64mm 6'. CQA f, 1710671701":

Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES PATEhi'i" OFFICE CLEMENT E. KENNEDY, OF SWAMIPSCOTT, AND ELMER E. SANBORN, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS BOTTLE-OPENING DEVICE Application filed June 4, 1926. Serial No. 113,807.

This invention relates to devices for removing, the closures, as corks and caps, of bottles and has for an object the provision of a closure-removing or bottle-opening device which is adapted to be attached in a more or less permanent manner to a support in a room, as to a wall thereof, and which is provided with means to remove a variety of closures, as both corks and caps, from bottles. The device is particularly adapted for use in the guest-rooms of hotels as an added convenience for the guests, and to prevent damage to the furniture which is often used, in the absence of a bottle-opener, to remove the closures of bottles.

A further object of the invention is generally to improve the construction of bottleopening devices.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the invention, and illustrating the manner of its use for removing a crimped metal cap from the neck of a bottle.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating the manner of its use for removing a cork from a bottle.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device.

Fig. 4 is a section along line 4.4: of Fig. 2.

As here shown the bottle-opening or closure-removing device embodying this invenso tion consists of a bracket having a stiff metal attaching and supporting plate 10 of rectangular form and of substantial thickness which is provided with screw-openings 12 in the opposite corners thereof through which screws are adapted to be passed to secure the plate in upright position to a wall 14 or other support in a more or less permanent manner. The device is adapted to be supported at such a height from the floor that it can be utilized conveniently and in such a location that it is non-obtrusive.

A stiff metal extension-plate 16 is disposed in the middle of said supporting plate 10 and is approximately co-extensive with the length of said plate 10 and outstands perpendicularly therefrom. Said two plates may be secured rigidly together in the aforesaid manner, to be, in effect, an integral structure, by any suitable means as welding, riv- 56 et-ing and the like. The upper edge 18 of and notch cooperate to provide means by said projecting plate 16 is curved forwardly and downwardly to form a nose 20 in the under side of which a depending hook 22 is formed. by the provision of the notch 24. in the forward and lower edge of said plate. 5 Said plate is cut away, or is of reduced forward extent, at the lower portion 26 thereof below said hook, to provide a clearance space for the neck and head of a bottle. Said hook which the crimp'ed metal cap a of a bottle I) may be detached from the neck of the bottle in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. The hook 22 is adapted to be inserted under the edge of the cap with the bottle in a more or '05 less horizontal position. When the bottle is tilted downwardly and the further edge of the cap is brought to bear against the edge of the plate at said notch 24, the cap will be stretched and raised and detached from the bottle-neck.

Some bottles are provided with metal caps, others are sealed by corks, and others may be sealed by both. The device embodying this invention is provided with means to remove both caps and corks. To this end a cork.- removing device comprising a cork-screw 28 has the shank thereof pivoted at its upper end on a projection as the rivet 32 which is fixed in said plate 16 in the upper portion thereof above said hook 22 and notch 24 and extends through an eye 31 of said shank. The screw 28 thereof is disposed mainly beneath said hook. The shank of said corkscrew is arranged in frictional engagement with said rivet and plate so that it will be retained in any position in which it may be moved. When not in use it is adapted to be disposed against the supporting plate 10, in which position it is beside the lower portion 26 of said plate 16 and under the front edge thereof. so that said plate forms a partial shield for said. cork-screw. The point of said cork-screw is adapted to be terminated above the lower edge of said plates 10 and 16 For use, the cork-screw is adapted to be moved outwardly, away from said supporting plate, and into a downwardly and outwardly inclined position as illustrated in Fig. 2, in, which position it may lie at an angleof about thirty degrees with said supporting plate and across the notch 24. Said cork-screw is held releasably in the aforesaid relation by two pins 34 and 36 which are fixed in said plate 16 at the edge of said notch 24 and are spaced apart sufficiently to receive between them the shank 30 of the cork-screw. Said pin 36 is of such height as to prevent the movement of the cork-screw beyond the position illustrated in Fig. 2. Said pin 34:, however, is of reduced height to permit the shank to spring or flex by its inherent resiliency and ride over it. Said pin 34 is formed with an inclined top face 38 which is sloped upwardly toward the space between the pins to assist the shank in entering the space; and the high edge of said top face may be bevelled off to assist the shank in leaving said space, although the pin is adapted to be sufficiently high to hold the shank in the space under ordinary conditions of use. In using the cork-screw, the bottle 0, Fig. 2, is held under the corkscrew and approximately parallel therewith with the cork thereof bearing against the point. The bottle is then rotated to sink the cork-screw into the cork, whereupon the cork may be extracted'by pulling the bottle downwardly.

Ne claim:

1. A bottle-opening device comprising a bracket having an attaching plate'provided with a forward vertical flat extension, a corkscrew carried by and having a permanent pivotal connection at its upper end with said extension and adapted normally to be disposed adjacent said attaching plate and beside said extension and arranged to be moved away from said attaching plate and beyond and mainly below said extension for use.

2. A bottle-opening device comprising a bracket having an attaching plate provided with a forward extension, a cork-screw car- 'ied by and having a permanent pivotal connection at its upper end with said extension and adapted normally to be disposed adjacent said attaching plate and beside said extension and arranged to be moved away from said attaching plate and beyond said extension for use, and means arranged releasably to hold said cork-screw in said latter relation.

3. A. bottleopening device comprising a bracket having an attaching plate provided with a forward extension, a cork-screw hav- I ing a pivotal connection at its upper end with said extension and adapted normally to be disposed adjacent said attaching plate and beside said extension and arranged to be moved away from said attaching plate and beyond said extension for use, and means arranged releasably to hold said cork-screw in said latter relation including a pair of spaced projections carried by said extension and between which the shank of said cork-screw is adapted to be received.

4. A bottle-opening device comprising a bracket having an attaching-plate provided with a forwardly-extended extension plate, and a cork-screw carried on one side of and having a pivotal connection with said extension plate and movable into an out-of-use position beside and shielded by said plate, and also movable into an in-use position where its free end is extended outwardly below the bottom of said extension plate.

5. A bottle-opening device comprising a bracket having an attaching plate provided with a flat extension-plate which is extended forwardly of said attaching plate, a corkscrew lying on one side of and having a pivotal connection with said extension plate above and in the rear thereof and adapted to extend downwardly and outwardly beyond its pivotal. connection when in use, and means to hold said cork-screw releasably in the aforesaid relation including a pair of spaced projections carried by said extensionplate between which the shank of said corkscrew is adapted releasably to be received, id cork-screw arranged to lie adjacent said attaching plate and also said extension-plate when not in use.

A bottle-opening device comprising a bracket having provision for permanent attachment to a support, and a cork-screw carried by and having a pivotal connection only with said bracket by which it is adapted for movement from a position adjacent said bracket into an outer and downwardly-inclined working position, said bracket having means releasably engageable with said corkscrew to hold it immovable in the aforesaid working position.

7. A bottle-opening device comprising a bracket having provision for attachment to a support and having a flat vertical extension, a cork-screw having a pivotal connection at its upper end with one face of said flat extension and arranged to be swung about its pivot outwardly away from a position wherein it overlies said extension to a downwardly inclined working position wherein the lower end is clear of said extension and bracket and means releasingly engaging said cork-screw and limiting its out ward movementbeyond said working position.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification.

CLEMENT E. KENNEDY. ELMER E. SANBORN. 

